NEWSPAPER HEADLINE Week Aug 15 - Aug 21, 2024
21 Aug
- Duty FX rates shift 100 times in 2024, spike prices of goods by 120%
- NNPC's OpEx, salaries hit N2.9tr in 2023, up by 70 per cent
- Why environmental impact reports are failing stress tests
- Amid hardship, Bauchi distributes SUVs to six emirs
21 Aug
- Nigerian banks' assets surge to N121trn in 2023, half of national GDP
- COP29: Tinubu approves climate accountability portal to enhance transparency
- Kebbi Govt denounces new salary table circulating on social media
- A'Court orders exGov Yahaya Bello to face criminal arraignment
21 Aug
- NLC Seeks Time Extension for Ajaero to Honour Police Invitation, Threatens Strike
- Clark: Wike Must Leave PDP For Party to Survive
- CBN Declares $553 Million Remittance Inflows Amid FX Reforms
- SANs, Activists, Others Give Incoming CJN, Kekere-Ekun, Six-month Timeline to Initiate Reforms
21 Aug
- NLC Seeks Time Extension for Ajaero to Honour Police Invitation, Threatens Strike
- Clark: Wike Must Leave PDP For Party to Survive
- CBN Declares $553 Million Remittance Inflows Amid FX Reforms
- SANs, Activists, Others Give Incoming CJN, Kekere-Ekun, Six-month Timeline to Initiate Reforms
21 Aug
- We'll shut down economy if Ajaero is arrested, NLC warns
- PMS: Prolonged scarcity looms as import drops by 33%
- Probe, expel Wike for anti-party conducts, Clark charges PDP
- CBN: ENHANCED FOREX INFLOW PUSHES REMITTANCE TO $553M }
21 Aug
- Banks' assets rise to N121.8trn 2023
- Crude supply to Dangote refinery, others must be on willing-buyer, willing-seller basis
- ITUC, NLC, CISLAC cry foul over Ajaero’s police invitation
- Cooking gas prices drop, 5kg now N5,974 as against N6,966 July
21 Aug
- inubu’s petrol subsidy gulps N15trn as scarcity worsens
- Ghost of First Bank’s legal battles return to haunt AGM, capital raise
- What to know about $500m domestic dollar bond
- How we are facilitating $100bn opportunity in creative industry –Musawa
21 Aug
- NCC Orders Telcos To Block Stolen SIMs In 5 Minutes
- No Record Of Ex-CJN Onnoghen’s CCT Case File – Fagbemi
- hekarau, Ardo, Yakasai, Tafida, Others Float Northern Democrats
- Marketers' Profiteering Penchant Worsens Fuel Scarcity
21 Aug
- Concerns as 43 die of food poisoning in 2wks
- Alleged terrorism fi nancing: Shut down economy if Ajaero is arrested, NLC tells workers
- obe, FG organise computer training for secondary school students
- Presidential jets: Nigerians must know details of new, old aircraft – Obi
21 Aug
- NLC’s 54 affiliate unions threaten mass action if
- ppeal Court upholds judgment nullifying Shaibu’s impeachment as Edo dep gov
- US announces $27m humanitarian aid for Nigeria
- Akume, Edun, Cardoso, Fagbemi, six others to enforce Supreme Court judgment on local govt autonomy
20 Aug
- NNPC Announces N3.3tn Net Profit in 2023 Audited Financial Statement
- Police Invite NLC President for Questioning over Terrorism Financing, Treason, Others
- Electricity Supply: FG Pays N205bn from N1.3tn Owed Power Generation Companies
- Afreximbank Achieves Solid First Half 2024 Growth Amid Macro-economic Headwinds
20 Aug
- NNPC Announces N3.3tn Net Profit in 2023 Audited Financial Statement
- Police Invite NLC President for Questioning over Terrorism Financing, Treason, Others
- Electricity Supply: FG Pays N205bn from N1.3tn Owed Power Generation Companies
- Afreximbank Achieves Solid First Half 2024 Growth Amid Macro-economic Headwinds
20 Aug
- Tinubu seeks stronger anti-corruption structures in W’Africa to tackle graft
- S'Court reserves judgements in Bayelsa, Kogi Gov'ship election appeals
- FG assures safety of humanitarian workers in conflict zones
- Police invite Ajaero over alleged terrorism financing, treasonable felony
20 Aug
- Tinubu seeks stronger anti-corruption structures in W’Africa to tackle graft
- S'Court reserves judgements in Bayelsa, Kogi Gov'ship election appeals
- FG assures safety of humanitarian workers in conflict zones
- Police invite Ajaero over alleged terrorism financing, treasonable felony
20 Aug
- States’ N600b RoW fees stall 90 power, telecoms projects
- ASUU issues 21-day strike notice over unmet demands
- Bandits kill Katsina gov’s aide, others, abduct 29
- Dollar defies fresh interventions, consolidates at N1600/$
20 Aug
- Kano gov’s CoS, Kwankwaso’s nephew, others under probe
- Tinubu fl ies to France in new presidential jet; Presidency silent on cost
- Experts demand transparency as fuel subsidy ‘back’ 1yr after
- 4 policemen killed in Enugu checkpoint attack
20 Aug
- $88.6bn annual illicit financial flow accounts for poor Africa’s infrastructure
- Relief as crude oil sales to Dangote, others in Naira begins October 1
- 5 years after, ex-CJN Onnoghen moves to set aside CCT judgment
- Police to quiz Ajaero today over terrorism financing, treasonable felony
20 Aug
- 5 years after, A'Court to hear ex-CJN Onnoghen’s suit challenging his removal from office today
- Report:Fuel subsidy to hit N6.884trn by year-end
- ASUU's NEC meets, gives FG 21-day warning strike notice
- NNPC Ltd posts record N3.3trn net profit in 46 years
20 Aug
- Criticism as Tinubu heads for France in newly acquired $100m aircraft
- MTNN eyes N85bn savings from tower contracts
- Petrol price hits N1000/litre as scarcity spreads
- Sanwo-Olu looks away as Mile 2 taints transport ambition
20 Aug
- Crude oil sales in Naira to Dangote, others begin Oct 1
- ASUU gives FG 21 days’ strike notice
- Police invite NLC president over alleged terrorism financing, treasonable felony, cybercrime
- NNPCL posts N3.3trn profit, declares N2.1trn as dividend for 2023 financial year
20 Aug
- Concern Over Fate Of 20 Abducted Medical Students
- DAAR Communications Retires Senior Directors
- Police Invite NLC President Over Terrorism Financing
- Cardoso, Deputies Under Scrutiny Over Alleged 'Generous' Approvals
19 Aug
- No NASS approval for new presidential jet
- Israeli strikes kill 25 in Gaza as death toll surpasses 40,000
- ‘Terrorists occupy Niger community, engage in farming’
- Troops kill B/Haram commander, Abu Rajab, 2 others in Sambisa Forest
19 Aug
- As fuel scarcity bites harder, price hits N980 in Abuja, N850 in Lago
- Derivation: Oil producing states receive N711.3bn amid facility decay
- Chinese firm not only victim of Amosun's contract violation –Utomi
- Food shortage, extreme hunger looms in Benue as drought persists
19 Aug
- Prices of tomatoes, pepper, potatoes crash in FCT, Yobe, Borno, Adamawa
- We’re not owing foreign traders $6.8bn, NNPCL clarifies
- Tension, discordant tunes greet 'planned tenure extension' of IG
- Nigerian banks scramble to meet CBN’s capital requirement deadline
19 Aug
- Queues Everywhere as Petrol Scarcity Spreads Nationwide
- North Moves to Draft Jonathan into 2027 Presidential Race
- Chinese Firm Moves to Confiscate £20m P&ID Award in UK, 2 Presidential Jets, 2 Properties in Liverpoo
- CPPE Urges FG to Peg Custom Duty Exchange Rate at N1,000/$
19 Aug
- Utomi, Amosun trade tackles over contract violation
- Fuel queues resurface in Lagos amid stock shortage
- FIRS targets N19.4trn, seeks legal framework for crypto currency taxation
- Drought: Kogi Govt, AFAN seek divine intervention
19 Aug
- Food Insecurity Persists Despite State Of Emergency
- Constitution Not Nigeria’s Problem – Sule Lamido
- Amosun Faults Utomi Over Claims On Presidential Jet Seizure
- Matrix Energy Under Fire For Importation Of Bad Fuel From Malta
19 Aug
- Uncertainty over FG’s plan to boost food production
- Edo PDP alleges police harassment, arrest of party members
- Presidential jets seizure: Another can of worms opens
- Businessman excretes 88 wraps of cocaine as NDLEA intercepts drugs in noodles at MMIA
18 Aug
- In search of greener pasture, many Nigerians sleep in cars, abandoned buildings in Abuja
- Shettima, Shekarau, Ganduje, Hadejia in the news
- Ubang: Cross River community where men, women don’t speak same language
- Yalleman: Hometown of Bureau De Change kings
18 Aug
- Anger In North Over Stoppage Of Oil Search In Region
- Tinubu, Governors Greet Babangida At 83
- Presidential Jets Seizure: Chinese Firm Plotting To Scam Nigeria – Amosun
- LG Polls: Political Parties Decry High Cost Of Nomination Fees
18 Aug
- How Etsu’s Intervention Brought Succour To Pategi’s Environmental Challenge
- History, Historians Are Critical To Nation Building, Development
- TinubuLaunches Healthcare Initiatives To Retrain 120,000 Frontline Workers
- Igbo Paternity Claim Makes Me Laugh – Obasanjo
18 Aug
- 2027: Why PDP replaced Saraki, Emmanuel with Oyinlola, Ikimi
- Nigeria-UK diplomatic row heightens over Heathrow slot imbroglio
- Bandits demand N50m ransom to release abducted Unimaid, Unijos medical students
- NASS UNDER FIRE OVER PAY, POOR LEGISLATIVE WORK
18 Aug
- Several shops affected as fire guts 7-storey building in Lagos
- Difficult times not excuse for criminal acts - Gov. Sule
- Equity market closes flat as investors stake N7.46bn in shares
- Courts sentence 3 drug kingpins, 16 others to 302 years in prison
18 Aug
- Fresh twist in presidential jet seizure saga
- Some Nigerian govs operate as ‘Imperial Majesties
- Tinubu bars non-essential officials from attending UN General Assembly
- Security operatives comb forests in search of abducted medical students
18 Aug
- Amosun: Chinese Firm Dispute is Between Two Chinese Companies, Like P&ID Scam
- Outrage over Abduction of 20 Medical Students in Benue
- Tinubu to Chief of Staff: Ensure Cut in Cost of Governance, No Large Delegation to UNGA Meetings
- Opposition Lawmakers Accuse PDP Chairman, Secretary of Plotting to Remove Fubara
18 Aug
- We can only achieve greatness as a country when there is peace and unity – Nwaosuagwu
- Decades of NASS committee hearing without results raise more questions than answers
- #EndBadGovernance protest worsens Nigeria’s fault lines
- Reasons it matters who leads APC in Rivers for now
17 Aug
- In search of greener pasture, many Nigerians sleep in cars, abandoned buildings in Abuja
- Shettima, Shekarau, Ganduje, Hadejia in the news
- Ubang: Cross River community where men, women don’t speak same language
- Yalleman: Hometown of Bureau De Change kings
17 Aug
- Chinese Firm Releases One of Three Presidential Jets in Dispute with Ogun State
- South-east Governors Seek to Combat Youth Unemployment with Empowerment Initiatives
- Rewane: After Protests, FG Responding Quickly to Negative Economic Developments
- FAAC Shares N1.358tn to FG, States, LGs as Federation Account Grosses N2.613tn
17 Aug
- Bandit Leaders Enforce ‘Peace’ In Zamfara Villages
- Chinese Firm Releases Nigeria’s A330 Presidential Jet
- Claims Of Igbo Paternity Make Me Laugh – Obasanjo
- NJC To Probe 27 Judges Over Misconduct
17 Aug
- More arrests as EFCC grants NAHCON boss bail after 3 nights
- Tinubu returns from Equatorial Guinea, launches key healthcare initiatives
- Jonathan the only Nigerian president that has shown interest in Nollywood
- Poor pension: Retired federal directors cry out against PENCOM, PFAs
17 Aug
- Chinese firm releases 1 of 3 seized Presidential jets
- No need for another talk shop, implement 2014 Confab Repor
- No need for another talk shop, implement 2014 Confab Repor
- GUNMEN KIDNAP 20 MEDICAL, DENTAL STUDENTS IN BENUE
17 Aug
- Chinese firm releases one presidential jet for Tinubu’s meeting with French president
- Claim that I am Igbo makes me laugh —Obasanjo Police arrest suspects for murder, trading in fresh human parts in Ibadan market Referendum is best way to get genuine people’s constitution —Ex-gov Fayemi NIGERIA’S MOST INFORMATIVE NEWSPAPER N300 www.tribuneonlineng.com Nigerian Tribune @nigeriantribun
- Referendum is best way to get genuine people’s constitution —Ex-gov Fayemi
- Police arrest suspects for murder, trading in fresh human parts in Ibadan marke
17 Aug
- Relief as govt, stakeholders work to make food available
- Several shops affected as fire guts 7-storey building in Lagos
- Difficult times not excuse for criminal acts - Gov. Sule
- Courts sentence 3 drug kingpins, 16 others to 302 years in prison
15 Aug
- National security a top priority of my administration, says Tinubu
- FG assures content creators of adequate compensation
- Identity theft: SanwoOlu seeks robust data protection
- Manufacturers recommend solutions as confidence index drops in Q2 2024
15 Aug
- Bakers Lament High Cost of Flour, Close Shop, Lay off Workers
- Outcry Forces Abbas to Withdraw Bill Seeking Jail Term for Refusing National Anthem
- Again, NNPCL Postpones Port Harcourt Refinery Kick-off
- Miscreants Carted Away Ganduje’s Corruption Case Documents from Court – Yusuf
15 Aug
- FG Approves Implementation of Zero Duty, VAT Exemption on Selected Food Items
- NSA: Attempts to Disrupt Peaceful Conduct of Edo Guber Poll Will Be Met with Full Force
- MAN: Lending Rate to Manufacturers Rose from 28.6% to 35% in Q2, 2024
- WHO Declares Health Emergency Over Mpox
15 Aug
- Airlines turn to local repair firms on FX scarcity
- FG tackles healthcare japa with incentives
- Infrastructure, market access drive MSMEs to Lagos, Rivers, Kano
- New curriculum eyes AI-compliant youths for highpaying jobs
15 Aug
- ACF To FG:Don't ignore reasons for hardship protests
- Finland To FG:We're taking actions on Simon Ekpa’s case
- FG battles foreign insurers over N2.5trn war risk premium
- Attemptat disrupting Edo election’ll be treated as assault on democracy –NSA
15 Aug
- To arrest hunger, FG rolls out guidelines on zero duty for food items
- DICON Act 2023’ll greatly impact war against terrorism, kidnapping, others – Tinubu
- DICON Act 2023’ll greatly impact war against terrorism, kidnapping, others – Tinubu
- FG, Fashion Academy partnership will contribute to $100bn to GDP – Musawa
15 Aug
- Confusion triggers fresh debate over senators’ pay package
- Customs list guidelines for implementation of zero duty on imported food items
- Customs list guidelines for implementation of zero duty on imported food items
- Outrage forces Reps Speaker to withdraw controversial counter-subversion bill
15 Aug
- Nigeria Risks Generation Of Children With Low IQ
- Economic Activities Drop For 13th Month In July – CBN
- I’ve No Apologies For Criticising Tinubu’s Policies – Bauchi Gov
- Protesters Took Away Ganduje Trial Documents – Kano Govt
15 Aug
- 39 dams moribund over poor maintenance, obsolete equipment
- 39 dams moribund over poor maintenance, obsolete equipment
- 18 die in three road crashes along Lagos-Ibadan expressway
- Government begins implementation of zero duty on selected food items
15 Aug
- Senators’ monthly pay hits N2 billion
- Speaker bows to pressure, withdraws bill on new national anthem recitation
- Hardship: Academic activities suff er as varsity students take menial jobs
- Why Jigawa tops in wheat, sesame production – Gov Namadi